The River

A French director discovers color filming in 1950s India and tries to balance romantic entanglements against the river that rolls on regardless. Three girls navigate love and loss on the banks of the Bengal while the monsoon steadily ignores their drama. A gentle film that forgets to do much outside its sun-dappled languor.

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Jean Renoir directed The River in 1951. See Jean Renoir's full filmography, where to start with Jean Renoir, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jean Renoir.

The River was released in 1951 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 99 minutes.